Israeli

See also: Israëli, Ísraeli, and israelí

English

Etymology

From Hebrew ישראלי (jiśrəʾēlî). By surface analysis, Israel +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĭz-rā'lē, IPA(key): /ɪzˈɹeɪli/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪli

Noun

Israeli (plural Israelis)

  1. A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.
    • 2009 September 27, “The New Israel Lobby”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Until Israel’s critics figure out how to acknowledge the pain and suffering resulting from Palestinian terrorism and exterminationist rhetoric, by pointing the Palestinians and the Arabs toward real change, they will fail to sway those Israelis and Jews that are ready to take a shot at reconciliation.

Usage notes

The demonym Israeli is generally preferred for references to the modern state of Israel or its people, and the form Israelite for references to the ancient land or its people.

Translations

Adjective

Israeli (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people.
    • 2018, “Israeli gov't is trying to defund +972 Magazine, report says”, in +972 Magazine:
      The current Israeli government has been working to curtail and eliminate critical voices within Israeli society in recent years, particularly those fighting to end the occupation and expose human rights violations against Palestinians and marginalized communities.

Usage notes

The demonym Israeli is generally preferred for references to the modern state of Israel or its people, and the form Israelite for references to the ancient land or its people.

Derived terms

Translations

Proper noun

Israeli

  1. The modern Hebrew language.
    • 2010, Joshua A. Fishman, Ofelia García, Handbook of Language & Ethnic Identity, volume 2, page 73:
      Thus, when most native Israeli-speakers speak Israeli, their intonation is much more similar to that of Yiddish, the mother tongue of most revivalists, than to that of Arabic or any other language belonging to the Semitic branch []

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

Israeli (plural Israeli's, diminutive Israeli'tjie)

  1. Israeli (person from Israel or of Israeli descent)

See also

  • Israeliet

German

Etymology

From Hebrew יִשְׂרְאֵלִי, possibly after English Israeli. Equivalent to Israel +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪsʁaˈeːli/, /iːsʁaˈeːli/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Israeli m (strong, genitive Israelis or Israeli, plural Israelis or (dated) Israeli, feminine Israelin or Israeli)

  1. Israeli (native or inhabitant of Israel; male or unspecified sex)

Declension

Noun

Israeli f (genitive Israeli, plural Israelis or (dated) Israeli)

  1. alternative form of Israelin (Israeli woman)

Declension

Further reading

  • Israeli” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Israeli” in Duden online
  • Israeli” in Duden online

Latin

Proper noun

Isrāēlī

  1. dative singular of Isrāēl

Swahili

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Israeli

  1. (uncommon) Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)